Upbit Sets Dec. 14 Cutoff to End MANTRA Trading Support

Upbit will end trading support for MANTRA (OM) at 1 a.m. ET on Dec. 14, or 06:00 UTC — 2 p.m. Beijing time — setting a precise cutoff for users who trade the token through the exchange. The Korean platform published the exact hour alongside the date, which places the change cleanly on both U.S. and Asian schedules.

The mechanics are simple. At the stated cutoff, Upbit stops offering trading in MANTRA. Anyone with open positions or standing orders in the token faces a hard deadline. The announcement names a single asset and a single timestamp, and nothing in it leaves room for ambiguity about when support lapses.

For U.S.-based readers, the local math matters. Beijing sits 13 hours ahead of Eastern time at that point in December. So 2 p.m. in Beijing converts to 1 a.m. ET and 06:00 UTC on the same calendar date. That gives American traders a Saturday-overnight window — quiet hours, thin liquidity, and typically slower response times if anything goes wrong with a last-minute order.

What does this change for MANTRA holders?

In practical terms, the decision affects only trading support for MANTRA on Upbit. The exchange plans to stop offering trade execution in the token when the cutoff takes effect for users there. Holders who want to keep exposure to MANTRA will need to act before 06:00 UTC on Dec. 14 — or move to another venue that continues to list the asset.

The announcement does not spell out every downstream detail, such as how long deposits or withdrawals remain available after trading halts. That gap is standard for delisting notices of this kind, but it leaves users to check Upbit's own service pages for the operational fine print. Exchange delistings typically proceed in stages: trading stops first, then withdrawal windows close on a separate, later timeline.

For a token project, losing a major exchange's trading support carries operational weight beyond any single day's volume. Upbit is one of the largest crypto exchanges by user base in South Korea, a market where retail participation runs high and listing status shapes liquidity. When a venue of that scale withdraws trading support, the token's accessible liquidity concentrates on whatever platforms remain.

Why the exact hour matters

Exchanges announce cutoffs to the hour rather than the day for a reason. A precise timestamp lets market makers wind down quotes in an orderly way, and it gives users an unambiguous moment after which orders will no longer fill. Upbit's choice of 06:00 UTC — early morning in Europe, overnight in the Americas, mid-afternoon in East Asia — lands during globally thin trading hours, which reduces the chance of a disorderly final session in the token on that venue.

Users who trade MANTRA on Upbit now have a fixed runway. The exchange set its cutoff for 2 p.m. Beijing time on Dec. 14 — 06:00 UTC, 1 a.m. ET — and after that moment, trading support for the token on the platform ends.